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Dark places
The house on the top of the hill awakens. The large central window (its mouth) opens and its tongue unfurls (it’s actually the old lady...
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Jul 15, 20233 min read
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Rikki and Sam
Rikki wore herself, her other self, with aplomb. Hers was an expression of polite detachment and of slight boredom with it all. And...
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Mar 24, 20233 min read
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Expectations
Great Expectations THAT DAY was a day like every other. Maybe it was this awareness that tipped the scale. We’ll never know. But, you...
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Jun 10, 20223 min read
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Snippets of Life (from A to Z) “N”
THE LETTER “N” Noteworthiness nourishes. Not that she would know. She had never been noticed, not even as a child, though she had naively...
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Sep 14, 20211 min read
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Snippets of Life (from A to Z) “H”
THE LETTER “H” He lets himself go back to the halcyon days, pre-hardship and hallucinations; before his cheeks and heart hollowed out. He...
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Jul 2, 20211 min read
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Snippets of Life (from A to Z) “B”
THE LETTER “B” Bereavement brought with it belligerent and bellicose behavior, bred bloodcurdling rage and burgeoning blackness of mood....
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Jun 18, 20211 min read
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